Lifeboat Distribution
| Public | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: WSTG |
| Industry | Software distribution |
| Headquarters | Eatontown, New Jersey, United States |
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Number of locations
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4 |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | Computer Software, Information Technology |
| Revenue |
 $418 million (2016) |
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Number of employees
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150 |
| Website | lifeboatdistribution.com |
Lifeboat Distribution is a multinational value added distributor with their corporate headquarters based in Eatontown, New Jersey. Their west coast office is located in Mesa, Arizona and they service the Canadian and European markets with offices located in [Mississauga, Ontario]], Canada and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The company has its roots in Lifeboat Associates, a company founded in 1976 by Larry Alkoff and Tony Gold. Lifeboat today is an international specialty software distributor for virtualization/cloud computing, security, application and network infrastructure, business continuity/disaster recovery, database infrastructure and management, application lifecycle management, science/engineering, and other technically sophisticated products. The company has a worldwide network of solution providers, VARs, systems integrators, corporate resellers, and consultants, and helps them drive business opportunities, expand their services revenues, and build profitable product and service businesses.
Lifeboat Distribution is a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, which has been a publicly traded company since 1995. With steadfast growth, Lifeboat has experienced significant expansion contributing to the size of their sales team nearly doubling in size. Additionally, Lifeboat has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. Most recently, Lifeboat was honored by NJBIZ as one of the 2016 Best Places to Work in NJ.
In regards to product line, Lifeboat Distribution represents over 250 software vendors worldwide, and works with over 7,000 resellers/solution providers in more than 120 countries. Lifeboat distributes software from leading publishers including Acronis, Bitdefender, Bluebeam, Dell Software Flexera Software, GFI Software, Infragistics, Intel, Microfocus Software, MindJet, SAP BusinessObjects, SolarWinds, Sophos, StorageCraft, TechSmith, Unitrends, and Veeam Software.
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